# Cola.js

> A tool to create diagrams using constraint-based optimization techniques. Works with d3 and svg.js.

- Category: [JavaScript graph & network visualization libraries](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/javascript-graph-visualization/)
- Website: https://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/
- Repository: https://github.com/tgdwyer/WebCola
- License: MIT
- Language: TypeScript
- Status: Maintained (commits in the last 12 months)
- GitHub stars: 2,098
- Commits in the last 12 months: 3
- Contributors: 31
- Last commit: Apr 30, 2026
- Latest release: v3.3.8 (Mar 19, 2018)
- Install (npm): `npm install webcola`, 205.7K downloads per week
- Topics: Graph & network visualization, Diagrams & diagrams as code

## Overview

Cola.js is an open-source JavaScript graph visualization library released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 2,098 stars, 260 forks, and 31 contributors. It is maintained with 3 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Apr 30, 2026. The latest release, v3.3.8, was published on Mar 19, 2018. On npm it is downloaded about 205.7K times per week.

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